*If you leave a comment for me, I will most likely respond to it in here, in this same page, on ''my talk page'', as an effort to keep the entire conversation in one place.

*If you leave a comment for me, I will most likely respond to it in here, in this same page, on ''my talk page'', as an effort to keep the entire conversation in one place.

*By the same token, if ''I'' leave a comment on ''your'' talk page, always feel free to respond to it there, on ''your talk page''.

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Remember, we can each (individually) use our [[special:watchlist|watchlists]] to keep track of when responses are made. Also, feel free to leave me an alert on this page about a comment you have left elsewhere that you want me to check out. Thank you! --[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]] 04:31, April 6, 2007 (EDT)

1. thanks for the credit for the userboxes. if you look at my wikipedia user page, you will see why i like them so much [http://wikipedia.org/wiki/user:yakatz User:YAKatz].<br>

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<br>--[[User:Yakatz|Yakatz]] 15:05, April 29, 2007 (EDT)

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:Nah; I tried also... to no avail. I do know there are some differences in the s/w run on "the" Wikipedia and MediaWiki. I'm still trying to learn what we can and cannot do with this code. A programmer I am not; I'm a hardware geek, by trade. ;-) --[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]] 23:39, April 29, 2007 (EDT)

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Thanks for keeping order here. I noticed that you eliminated 2 vandals on 6/10. Nice Job!!! --[[User:Stranger|Stranger]] 18:15, June 14, 2007 (EDT)

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:Wow. Thanks for noticing and taking the time to say so. ''I'm humbled.'' We've really got a great core team of Sysops; but, this whole ''wiki'' thing is new to us, myself included. The site is new; ''--Thank you! Oh, wise and mighty Optimist!--'' hence the low vandal rate. But, we've been getting hammered with the ''bots''; so, I expecting things in the admin department's duties will be picking up, soon... Hopefully though, it'll be smooth and quite in the basement. --'''''[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]]''''' 11:58, June 15, 2007 (EDT)

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::You're welcome. I was wondering how you achieved the green box around the text at the top of the page. I was trying to format my talk page and could not figure it out. You can put it on my page or on this one, doesn't matter.--[[User:Stranger|Stranger]] 14:07, June 15, 2007 (EDT)

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:::Never mind, I found out how...thanks anyway.--[[User:Stranger|Stranger]] 14:40, June 15, 2007 (EDT)

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First off, the page for [[Citizenship in the Community]]. I have a question. Do we need to have it recommend R rated movies? It could lead to problems later. Second, you reverted my removal of two links on the [[Hiking]] page. I removed one because it is broken and leads to an error, and I edited the other to make its destination clearer. Why did you revert it? Sorry if you had a good reason, I'm relatively new to the wiki so I was just wondering if those were like that for a reason. [[User:Epmatsw|Epmatsw]] 18:33, June 18, 2007 (EDT)

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:First point... Good question. I'd ask that over on the [[Talk:Citizenship in the Community]] page.

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It's only fair for me to tell you- this wiki is awesome. I had my doubts, but I love it here and can't wait to contribute more to this! Great work, RW. Really- fantastic job :D

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Around a week and a half ago I proposed an idea for creating a list of discontinued merit badges and such and you said you'd get back to me in a few days or so about it. I was just wondering if I can go ahead and send you some stuff I've made now or hold off for a bit longer. Thanks; please respond asap. Take care. [[User:Swim4lyfe|Swim4lyfe]] 22:32, September 5, 2007 (EDT)

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:Don't worry about it; get to it when you can. I really can only do work with MBO during the weekends anyways, due to school and all. Nice template- see the stuff I wrote down. I categorized the merit badges in a different way (this was before you made your list) so if you want to see that one, just tell me.

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:I've unintentionally been putting it off; but, let's try to get some "collaboration" going on here... Templates, Help, Portals(?), Userboxes, Community portal, etc... where Contributors can share ideas, help each other out, etc. Contributors need to understand that there are two ways to help out:

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:I'm sure, being an experienced Wikipedian, you're already aware of all this. But, I'm writing it out so others can benefit from our conversation, as well. So, the question is... '''"What do ''you'' like to do?"''' I, personally, like to work on the administrative/maintenance stuff... I figure there's plenty of folks who would rather work on building up the Scouting articles, anyhow.

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:I'm going to put up some collaboration pages later this evening, and will probably copy part of this over to the Community portal, as well. Thanks for asking. I'll add to my reply some more later. '''And welcome aboard!''' --'''''[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]]''''' ''[[MeritBadgeDotOrg:Sysop|(Sysop)]]'', 16:58, September 13, 2007 (EDT)

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RW, please check out my [[User:Scoutersig/Workspace2|template for leadership positions]] that I am working on. Tell me what you think. &mdash;[[User:Scoutersig|Scouter]][[User talk:Scoutersig|Sig]] 16:41, September 18, 2007 (EDT)

::As for your proposal at [[User talk:Scoutersig/Workspace]], when would there be approval (for youth positions) by anyone except the Scoutmaster? (And the Scoutmaster and Committee Chair are both appointed by the Troop Committee, correct? Am I missing other positions?) &mdash;[[User:Scoutersig|Scouter]][[User talk:Scoutersig|Sig]] 11:41, September 26, 2007 (EDT)

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Hey RWSmith, I'm sorry I've been gone for a while, but school started and I've been extremely busy. I've pretty much gotten it all under control now, so I'm back and ready for whatever you need for me to do. Once against I apologize for my inactivity and I hope that I haven't done (or haven't done) anything to cause problems on MBOrg. Could you send me some information on what's been going on lately and post it on my talk page? I'm happy to do whatever you want me to do, and I want you to know I'm happy to be back. Thanks. [[User:Swim4lyfe|Swim4lyfe]] 17:13, October 14, 2007 (EDT)

RW, could you copy some Wikipedia templates to MB.org? I was hoping to use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:See_also See also] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:For For]. I may come up with another. These templates would be very useful; I see you already made a [[Template:Main]], so you must know what I mean. Thanks. &mdash;[[User:Scoutersig|Scouter]][[User talk:Scoutersig|Sig]] 19:10, October 25, 2007 (EDT)

Is it possible to set the pages up so that the external links open up in a second browser window(target=_blank)? Sure would make the site more user-friendly, keeping the main window at the MeritBadge.org site. [[User:EagleForumFan|EagleForumFan]] 04:18, November 24, 2007 (EST)

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I don't know how; but, it's a ''great'' idea. (I will work on this, though.) Any suggestions would be appreciated. --'''''[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]]''''' ''[[MeritBadgeDotOrg:Sysop|(Sysop)]]'', 08:56, December 4, 2007 (EST)

I suggest that '''Fsm.jpg''' be deleted from this site. See my comments on [[Image talk:Fsm.jpg]] if you concur. This was more likely added as an attempt at humor rather than to be disparaging, but it doesn't belong on this site regardless.

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Is there a policy about linking to Wikipedia as a source? IMHO, if there's another source with better (or as good as), it's not the best choice. [[User:EagleForumFan|EagleForumFan]] 12:56, December 6, 2007 (EST)

Personally, I love the worksheets for the boys. While they're not the be-all, end-all, they provide a good framework for those who have difficulty getting started. What policy is there regarding linking them? I'm assuming that it's best to link to MeritBadge.com's worksheets, but know that there are others out there. I'm willing to go through and put the links on each MB page, if you give me the direction (link to which of them??) and the go-ahead. '' [[User:EagleForumFan|EagleForumFan]] 16:21, December 7, 2007 (EST)''

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:'''EagleForumFan''', I'm not ignoring you; really. I was in the hospital for several days a couple of weeks ago; and, I'm still trying to get caught up and back up to speed. I have been thinking about your questions/proposals and will reply... just need a little time to catch my breath, so to speak. ;-) --'''''[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]]''''' ''[[MeritBadgeDotOrg:Sysop|(Sysop)]]'', 02:11, December 10, 2007 (EST)

::: The best source (that I know of) for Worksheets is USScouts.org -- their list is up-to-date; MeritBadge.com's is not. Providing links to USScouts.org is perfectly okay. --'''''[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]]''''' ''[[MeritBadgeDotOrg:Sysop|(Sysop)]]'', 01:54, December 19, 2007 (EST)

I am trying to get a page set up that lists all of the merit badge worksheets from the previous site, but it is taking awhile simply because of the sheer number of merit badges, if you would like to help, I would tell you how. The page is titled "[[Merit Badge Worksheets]]" (who knew.) --[[User:Stranger|Stranger]] 16:03, December 15, 2007 (EST)

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:::I linked up each one of the merit badge names with their respective requirements. This could lead to a combination of the merit badge page and the workbook page, since they are so closely related. Just a thought. --[[User:Stranger|Stranger]] 14:27, December 22, 2007 (EST)

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I, in trying to add a userbox, have created a few pages that are totally out of control. Is it possible for me to delete pages, or do the admins have to do it?--[[User:Stranger|Stranger]] 16:04, January 2, 2008 (EST)

The search text box is located waaaaay down the sidebar. I think we can bring that search box up a bit more by removing the 2nd level indentation found in both navigation and jump page side bar. (thus removing the 2nd line feed for each 2nd-level indentation). [[User:Egberts|Egberts]] 05:36, January 23, 2008 (EST)

Hi, I'm designing a website for my Troop. Many scouts in my troop complain about how they can never find MeritBadge.org. I don't know how this is because you type in MeritBadge.org and it pops you up in the wiki. But, I have decided to add a banner on the front page of our site and with the program I am using it requires client information for who the banner will link to and don't know who to put down for this. From what I have read in the external links policy this should be acceptable. I know our merit badge counselers use this site religiously for up-to-date merit badge requirements so I am also going to put in direct links to the merit badges we are working on at any given time for the scouts. Thanks for your time.--[[User:Wakleon|Wakleon]] 21:57, January 24, 2008 (EST)

Hi RW, just thought I'd offer my help to you as a frequent user of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Plm209 Wikipedia]. I have over 1000 edits on WP and have helped to quell numerous edit wars. I am very familiar with the Wiki format and I believe I'd be able to help with the prevention of vandalism as well as an asset to new, inexperienced users. I am an assistant scoutmaster with BSA T352 and and Eagle Scout, so I'd like to consider helping this web page as my "good turn daily" :-). Let me know what you think either on [[User talk:plm209|my talk page]] or here (I'll add it to my watch list). Thanks! [[User:Plm209|<b><font color="lime" face="comic sans ms">Plm</font><font color="blue" face="comic sans ms">209</font></b>]]<sup><font color="lime" face="arial bold">([[User talk:plm209|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Plm209|contribs]])</font></sup> 23:34, February 26, 2008 (EST)

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Hey! Sorry I know I haven't been very active on MBO. I've been insanely busy with school, but now I recently switched troops and it got me a lot more active in Scouting, so I'm here to tell you that I'm back and ready to work?

:Welcome back. Take a look around; there have been many changes, lately. Jump in and help out where you want. &mdash;'''''[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]]''''' ''[[MeritBadgeDotOrg:Bureaucrat|(Bureaucrat)]]'', 15:56, April 16, 2008 (EDT)

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I have been working on aligning the leader awards with the new Cub Scout awards. On the front page there is a link in the Cub Leader Box to Cub Scout Leader Awards. Can you update it to simply the new area: http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Scouter_Awards#Leadership_Awards Thank you [[User:Jzweiac|Jzweiac]] 16:04, July 7, 2012 (EDT)

:Thanks, again. I created [[Template:PRAY]] for use in making the changes. &mdash;'''''[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]]''''' ''[[MeritBadgeDotOrg:Bureaucrat|(Bureaucrat)]]'', 15:54, August 31, 2009 (EDT)

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:hi again, peder here from http://www.wikiexpert.com/contact Feel free to make a [[laundry list]] and prioritize it. if it needs to be private, email me at admin at adeft dot com. ---[[User:Wikiexpert|Wikiexpert]] 15:41, May 17, 2010 (EDT)

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:Actually, you're the one making the mistake here &ndash; not once, but twice. Please read up on {{tl|Uw-vandal1}} to see how it's ''supposed'' to work. I applied {{tl|Uw-vandal1}} to [[User_talk:Bubblessr|his/her]] talk page &mdash; once '''''s/he''''' read it; then '''''s/he''''' was supposed to remove it, which s/he did... as per the instructions, in the warning itself. If you're still unsure after you've read {{tl|Uw-vandal1}}, please let me know. (See also: {{tl|Uw-vandal0}}, which the user can't remove because s/he will have been blocked/banned.) &mdash;'''''[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]]''''' ''[[MeritBadgeDotOrg:Bureaucrat|(Bureaucrat)]]'', 22:00, July 26, 2010 (EDT)

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If you leave a comment for me, I will most likely respond to it in here, in this same page, on my talk page, as an effort to keep the entire conversation in one place.

By the same token, if I leave a comment on your talk page, always feel free to respond to it there, on your talk page.

Remember, we can each (individually) use our watchlists to keep track of when responses are made. Also, feel free to leave me an alert on this page about a comment you have left elsewhere that you want me to check out. Thank you! --RWSmith 04:31, April 6, 2007 (EDT)

Front Page OA

What are your thoughts on adding Order of the Arrow to the front pages boxes for Boy Scouts and Varsity? Jzweiac 22:38, July 26, 2012 (EDT)

Maybe a "quick links" navbox with OA, YP, G2SS, et al? (I'll work something up and let you know; I'd like some review/input before I add/change anything.) —RWSmith(Bureaucrat), 15:41, July 27, 2012 (EDT)

For what it is worth, as I think about it I think that a link in each program box is more appropriate. OA is not a separate program, but a program to support the BSA and Varsity. Putting a link in each of those boxes would help show the importance of the program, but not at the expense of people unfamiliar thinking that it was a whole new program separated out. Jzweiac 22:33, August 7, 2012 (EDT)